[Gay State Conservative]

So, to be consistent with what I'm seeing posted here: Admiral Farragut was a reckless punk, and has parents a pair of damnedfool morons for allowing him to accept command a wooden U.S. Navy warship...

This kid wasn't transporting troops to the beaches of Normandy.Warfare's just a tad different.And Farragut wasn't 16.

And, does it occur to anyone else that every posted expression of upset over this news story inherently implies a demand for exactly the kind of government proscription of personal choices....

I'm nauseated by the lack of *parental* proscription.

[HKMk23]

This kid wasn't transporting troops to the beaches of Normandy.

Wrong century.

Warfare's just a tad different. And Farragut wasn't 16.

The sea hasn't changed at all, but you're right about Farragut's age; he was twelve when he accepted his first command.